[olug] Logging

[Matthew G. Marsh]

On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Jay Swackhamer wrote:

>
> I usually build a logfile/text file so that someone else could
> install/re-create a setup that I've got working without doing
> all of the research to get an involved application up and running.....
>
> i.e. DVDRIP
> great software with alot of dependent software required........
>
> example
> http://downloads.reboottheuser.com/rtu/rtu_rpms/video_sw/dvdrip/install.txt

Mmmm - nice. Now there is something that is getting checked into the
CVS...

ON a similar note those are the type of emails/messages I traditionally
save (and then use mboxgrep to find) for later perusal in case I need a
reference.

> could save someone else alot of time.......or yourself if you ever
> need to re-create something..........
>
>
> >
> >
> > Have you ever read an e-mail on the olug list,
> > disregared it, then a week later something calls you
> > attention back to it, and you have to go back to the
> > archives to read it again?
> >
> > This happened to me when I was talking to a co-worker,
> > who does alot of admin. work on Oracle servers.  This
> > guy, a person who has been in the computer field along
> > time, logs everything, any reboot or upgrade in a
> > notebook.
> >
> > The reason I bring this up cause I remember Mozilla
> > Yet No Java thread,
> > http://lists.olug.org/pipermail/olug/2003-February/001886.html,
> > and fellow OLUGER, Robert A. Jacobs replied and said
> > he logged his attempt of installing a java plugin for
> > Mozilla.  I never though of doing this until I saw the
> > co-worker and Robert's reply.
> >
> > My question is, how many on the list go thru this much
> > detail of logging by hand into a file or notebook,
> > when they install a new or remove a package,
> > application crash, or anything else?
> >
> > I can see this as be a great practice and gives you a
> > trail to follow if you need to troublshoot, but part
> > of me thinks this is way to anal and is it worth the
> > trouble?
> >
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> >
> >
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